President Trump says he has no problem triggering a government shutdown if congress fails to back his immigration policies
Speaking alongside the Italian Prime Minister, Trump repeated his threat to close the federal government unless funding for his border wall is approved by US lawmakers
Government funding runs out at the end of September.
Trump's position, which has been criticized by members of his own party, hasn't come as a surprise.
Last March the U.S. President reluctantly signed a trillion-dollar spending bill which didn't
include money for border security, and at the time Trump said he'd never sign onto another bill of it's kind.
Speaking on Monday Trump doubled down on that promise...
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And just 8 days after Trump directed a fiery tweet towards the Iran regime, he seemed to soften his stance saying he would be willing to meet with Iran's President without any preconditions...
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